GLL is looking for a GP Exercise Referral Facilitator to work 10 hours a week at Energise Leisure Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a GP Exercise Referral Facilitator, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a GP Exercise Referral Facilitator job; it's a career.
The GP Exercise (Health) Referral Facilitator role is responsible for prescribing suitable physical activity and supporting behaviour change for Medically Referred clients. The GP Exercise Referral Facilitator role will include setting up and undertaking group and individual training sessions along with general day to day operation of the GP Referral programme including referral processing, accurate record keeping and data processing.
The GP (Health) Referral Facilitator is responsible to the Healthwise Coordinator / Health Manager.
What you’ll do:
To ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Physical Activity Referral Scheme (PARS), maximising effectiveness of all available resources.
Carry out health and lifestyle assessments with referral patients and develop safe and appropriate programmes of physical activity / exercise.
Act as first point of contact for patients referred onto the scheme
To provide individuals with evidence-based, relevant and culturally sensitive information regarding a healthy lifestyle.
To constructively interact with different people in a variety of areas within the operational team, wider health teams and GLL support services.
What you need:
GP Referral qualification (Level 3)
A recognised Fitness instructor or Personal training qualification (Level 3)
Experience of pre-screening / assessing patients for suitability to physical activity / exercise programme
Experience of monitoring and progressing individuals through an exercise programme
A good understanding of the health and fitness industry
Ability to motivate individuals and support behaviour change
Good time management and punctuality
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.
As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!
The basics:
This is a Flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible. Working from home is not possible in this role.
We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.
We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.
A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.
GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.
As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.
Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:
Access to a pension scheme.
Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
Free annual eye tests.
Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!
GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:
The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.
Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
A permanent employment contract - part time and full time.
A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool.
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7-day-a-week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So, whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support, or working with children, you will be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects, and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams. All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications, and location.
To be shortlisted for the role, internal applicants will need to demonstrate their commitment to GLL by becoming a Society member where eligible.